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Vince and Ball earn England Test calls
- Updated: May 12, 2016
The Hampshire batsman James Vince and Nottinghamshire seamer Jake Ball have been handed their maiden Test call-ups for England’s opening match of the season against Sri Lanka at Headingley.
Nick Compton has been retained at No. 3 despite a slow start to the season for Middlesex while Alex Hales will remain Alastair Cook’s opening partner.
Vince is set to slot in at No. 5 following James Taylor’s enforced retirement with a heart condition. He had been widely tipped for a place in the squad, with the debate between whether it would be at first-wicket down or in the middle order.
He has started the season solidly for Hampshire with 275 runs at 39.28 including a century against a strong Yorkshire attack at Headingley which was watched by national selector James Whitaker. But he has also impressed the England management when around the one-day and T20 squads. He was Man of the Series in the T20s against Pakistan late last year.
Ball, meanwhile, has yet to be capped at any level by England and has been rewarded for being the stand-out pace bowler in early season with 19 …
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